Pencil-sharpener



(No Model.)

H. WHITE.

PENCIL SHARPBNBR. No. 318,404. Patented May 19, 1885.

WlTNESSES. INVENTOR:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HOWARD WHITE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

PENCIL-SHARPENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 318,404, dated May 19,1885.

Application tiled December 2-2, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HOWARD WHITE, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Pencil-Sharpeners, whichiniprovement is fully set forth in the following specification andaccompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 represents a top or plan viewof a pencil-Sharpener embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a frontview thereof. Fig. 3 represents a vertical section in line x x, Fig. 2.Fig. 4 represents a perspective view thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

My invention consists of a pencil-Sharpener of simple and inexpensiveconstruction, and one in which the dust may be readily collected, all aswill be hereinafter fully set forth.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a plate having a ronghened orsharpening surface, a, and B represents a supporting-frame having threesides, which rise above said plate A, the fourth side of said frame orfront of the device being open for access of the pencil to the surface aof the plate A.

C represents a gutter, which is connected with the plate A at the frontof the device, and it extends in the longitudinal direction thereof, itbeing noticed that the plate is inclined downward from said gutter,whereby the inner or lower end thereof forms with the adjacent wall ofthe frame A a channel, C.

D represents a base, which supports various parts of the device, and thesaine may be readily grasped and handled, and may be rested on a table,desk, Src., and secured thereto by screws or nails passed throughopenings in said base; but in practice the sharpener is designed to beheld by hand and made in one piece, although 'it is evident that theplate A may be made removable from the frame B, for which purposes lugsmay be formed on the frame to support the plate or openings made in theside thereof for the withdrawal and re turn of the plate. (See dottedlines, Figs. 2 and 3.)

The operation is as follows: The pencil is presented to the surface ofthe plateAand its point worked on the saine until it is properlysharpened. The dust in the main descends the grooves of the plate A, andis collected in the channel G'. Another portion of the dust, escaping atthe front end of the plate A,drops into the gutter C, and thus theentire dust may be collected. By properly overturning the device thedust may be removed and the plate, gutter, and channel entirely clearedof the same. The inclination of the plate is also serviceable, as itaccords with the angle of the slateor lead pencil held thereon duringthe sharpening operation, and uncomfortable positions of the hands areavoided.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A pencil-Sharpener consisting of a plate having a sharpening-surfaceand a supportingframe open at one side thereof, the said plate having agutter or channel on the side toward the open side of the frame,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The sharpening-plate A,provided with a gutter, G, in combination witha supportingframe, B, the walls of which rise above said plate, thelatter being .inclined downward from the front, forming the channel C,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

HOVARD YVHITE.

XVitnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERsHEIM, A. P. GRANT.

